Alright, folks. I've posed this question on my blog looking for an assist. I've asked in-game more times than I care to count. Everyone has great responses. Sadly, not a single one works for me.

How the H-E-Double Hockey Stick do I take in-game screenshots? I've been told pressing Print Screen will actually save a .jpg file in some random WoW folder. I'm calling shenanigans as there isn't a single one in any of my WoW directories or subfolders.

(For those that must know, I'm using a PC with Vista (yes, I suck. I know). WoW is currently in its default folders.)

Thanks one and all for the tips. I'll try them just as soon as I get home. Also, there's no screenshots folder anywhere inside my WoW directory. I've looked for it time and time again. Either I'm afflicted with blindness or it doesn't exist. Do I need to create one or will one magically appear when I first attempt the "Run As Leetsauce" from right-clicking the WoW Icon and then doing the Print Screen function?

Be sure to check your keybindings and make sure that taking screenshots isn't bound to another key (I use the ~ key). In fact, if it IS bound to PrintScrn still, go ahead and bind it somewhere else to make sure there's not a hardware problem.

Ok, found it and changed it to the ` key as well and still nothing. I'm pretty convinced the choice of taking screenshots is simply not in my cards at this point. I appreciate everyone's help so far and will go cry at the nearest Apple store and ponder blowing large amounts of cash on something I probably don't really need.

There is one more thing you might try, and I'm sure someone here is going to ream me out for even suggesting it, but I've done it and haven't had any issues.

Disable User Account Control

UAC is a really annoying security "feature" included with Vista that was preventing WoW from saving changes I'd made to my UI settings. Here's a tutorial on how to do this: http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm USE METHOD #4 which uses the CONTROL PANEL; do not muck around with your registry unless you know for sure what you're doing!

Try it and see if it fixes your problem. If it doesn't, turn it back on.

Phaelia? You can now rest easy. You've taken the most honored spot as my "New Best Friend." Your recommendation worked like a champ and seeing that "Screen Captured" message made my day. (Though don't gloat too much. I tend to have a "New Best Friend" every 5 minutes or so.)

Thanks one and all for your help and ideas. Now my blog can actually start having pictures. Woot!

I remember from testing Vista with WoW that there is a seperate folder for your screenshots and logs. I did a search for WoWscreen*.jpg and made a desktop link to the location where they were being stored.

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